Evaluating assembly time with RFID-based surgical instrument management system
Information technology plays a minor role in establishment of a streamlined process and prevention of medical accidents in the operating department, because of various issues related to automation difficulties. However, increases in the number of operations and the increasing complexity of surgical procedures make development of a surgical instrument management system a pressing issue. The major sanitary issue is breakage of tags and labels attached to instruments by sterilization treatment. A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag with sterilization treatment resistance was invented recently. We tried to shorten the time of the assembly process by RFID tags. We placed RFID tags on instruments and developed an instrument management system. Subjects were divided into expert and novice groups, assembled instruments using the system, and assembly times were measured. No significant difference in the time between the groups was observed. Thus even untrained workers can assemble instruments. The system may contribute to healthcare management.
RFID tag surgical instrument tracking of surgical instruments
Takeki Yoshikawa Eizen Kimura Shinji Kobayashi Kaori Akamatsu Toshihiro Yorozuya Ken Ishihara
Department of Medical Informatics Ehime University School of Medicine, Zip 791-0295 Situkawa Toon Ci Department of Bioregulatory Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine,Zip 791-0295 Situ Pal Software Service, Zip 790-0951 Amayama 3-10-31 Dainikutunabuilding Matsuyama City Ehime Japan Department of Anesthesiology & Resuscitology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine,Zip 791-0
国际会议
The 7th Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics Conference(第七届亚太医药信息学大会(APAMI2012))
北京
英文
1-6
2012-10-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）